Campaigning ends in TN, Kerala, Puducherry for Apr 13 polls

Thiruvananthapuram/Chennai: Sporadic violence on Monday marred the end of campaign for assembly polls in Kerala leaving a minister injured while curtains came down on electioneering in neighbouring Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for the single-phase elections on April 13.

A group of UDF workers attempted to block the vehicle of Ports Minister and LDF candidate V Surendran Pillai when he was canvassing in the dying moments of the campaign in Poothura area in Thiruvananthapuram, police said.

Image:Defence Minister and Congress leader A K Antony campaigning along with party MP Sashi Tharoor for UDF candidate V S Shivkumar in Thiruvananthapuram.